Poultry-coop.



PATENTED APR. 25, 1905.

W. MITCHELL.

POULTRY COOP.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 21, 1904.

2 BHEETBSHEET 1.

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W. MITCHELL.

POULTRY COOP.

APPLICATION FILED our. 27, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Witnesses Attorneys UNiTED STATES Patented April 25, 1905.

ATENT OFFICE.

POULTRY-COOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent- No. 788,163, dated April 25, 1905.

Application filed October 27, 1904. Serial No. 230,240.

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Be it known that I, \VILLIAAI .\lrro1rnm., a citizen of the United States, residing at North Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State of \Yashington, have invented a new and useful l;oultry-()oop, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for protecting fowls while hatching and brooding, and has for its object to provide a simply-constructed device of this character formed in detachable sections whereby a plurality of separate hatching and broodingcompartments are provided which may be extended indefinitely or separated for storage when not required.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the mother fowl may be sequestered while hatching or the chicks separated from the mother fowl after hatching.

\Vith these and otherobjects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention 'apahle of carrying the same into practical operatirm, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape. proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages.

in the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device with two of the separable sections united and one detached to illustrate the construction. Fig. is a longitudinal section of one of the separable sections. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of a plurality of the separable sections.

The improved structure comprises a central section formed of oblong frames 10 11,, spaced apart and preferably covered with screen material 12 13 of relatively largcmesh to protect the chicks and prevent their escape. The side frames are connected by a roof-section 1*, also of screen material, extending over the greater portion of its length and with an imperforate roof-section 15 over the remaining and smaller portion, the imperforate section hinged at 16 to swing upward to afford access to the smaller section.

Formed upon the side frames 10 11 of the central section are spaced vertical guides 1'7 18, in which a cut-off plate 19 is slidablydisposed and operative through an aperture in the frame of the roof portion 1-1of the structure adjacent to the hinged end of the roofsection 15. By this means the central section is divided into two compartments of unequal size and the two compartments provided respectively with hinged doors or closures 2O 21 at the outer ends.

The improved structure also comprises side sections for detachable coupling to the central section from opposite sides to extend the same indefinitely and are constructed substantially the same as the central section except that they each have but one side wall, so that when connected the sections have their side walls in common.

Each of the side sections is formed of one side frame 22, preferably covered by screen material 23 and with a screen-material roofscction 2st, hinged roof-section 25, movable transverse cut-otl' plates 26, and end closures 27 28 of the same size and form as the corresponding parts of the central section.

The roof-sections 1i and 15 of the central section roach only mid way of the side'frames 10 11 longitiulinally to provide ledges to receive the adjacent edges of the roof-sections 24c 25 of the side sections, and the roof-sections 2a 25 of the side sections reach only half-way across their respective side frames 22 to provide ledges to support the adjacent free edges of the next side section.

The closures 27 2S and the roof-sections .Zet 25 of the side sections are provided, respectively, with hooks 29 for engaging eyes 30 on the adjacent portions of the next section to provide ready means for detachably coupling the sections.

It will thus be obvious that given one of the central sections and a plurality of the side secto any size or capacity required and when not tions, the latter constructed rights and lefts, a structure of any desired size may i be built up to accommodate any required number of broods and each brood kept entirely separate and sequestered as long as required.

The nests for the mother fowl will be placed in the smaller of the two compartments and protected by the imperforate roof-section and shut in from the larger compartment, if required,by closing the slidingeut-off plates. If required, floors may be placed in the smaller compartments in event of wet weather or dampness of the ground to support the nests and prevent the moisture being communicated thereto.

After the chicks are hatched they can be al lowed to run in the larger compartments as long as required, and after they are large enough to feed themselves they can be easily separated from the mother fowl and confined for any length of time within the structure.

The device is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and can be extended required can be easily separated and nested for storage in comparatively small space.

The material employed may be of any suitable size or strength and the compartments of any required size, but will preferably be about two feet wide, with the smaller compartment about two feet long and the larger compartment from ten to sixteen feet in length, according to the number of chicks to be hatched. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A poultry-coop comprising acentral section having spaced side walls, a roof and end closures, side sections each having one side wall, a roof and end closures, and means for detachably coupling said sections to form a plurality of separate sections having their side walls in common.

2. A poultry-coop comprising a central section having side Walls, a roof, opposite end closures, a slidable partition dividing the section' into compartments, and side sections, each side section having one side wall, a roof, opposite end closures, a slidable partition dividing the section into compartments, and means for detachably connecting the sections.

' 3. In a poultry-coop, the combination of a central section having side walls, a roof, opposite end closures, and a slidable partition dividing the section into compartments, the portion of the roof over one of the compartments capable of being opened, and detachable side sections, each side section comprising a side wall, a roof, opposite end closures, and a slidable partition dividing the section into compartments, that portion of the roof over one of the compartments capable of being opened.

4. In a poultry-coop, the combination of a central section having side walls, a roof, opposite end closures, a slidable partition dividing the section into compartments and working through the roof, side sections each having a side wall, a roof, opposite end closures and a slidable partition operating through the roof and dividing the section into compartments, and means to detachably connect the sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM MITCH ELL.

Witnesses:

IRA M. KRUTZ, WALTER J. REED. 

